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Quality of articles

by landonwiggs
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How quality do articles really need to be in order to gain trust from website visitors? Obviously I don't want a 3rd grader writing articles for my site, but at what point do you look at an article and say "this is acceptable for my website" and just move on?

I know we're supposed to offer content for users, not search engines, but if you have an OK article is it possible to still gain trust?
#articles #quality
  • Profile picture of the author tylerherman
    What kind of website is it? Are you just answering a searchers questions, then the quality doesn't matter if they can find the answer.

    If you are trying to sell something then you better have some quality ****.

    Take a look at your on-page, your return visitors, your bounce rate, your pages viewed, should help you measure quality. But also use your head, read the content and if you find the information good, your readers probably will to.
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    • Profile picture of the author Tina Golden
      It depends on what you want from your site, I suppose.

      When you're surfing the web, do you bookmark (or share, pin or tweet) "okay" content? In my experience, very few people do.
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      • Profile picture of the author AnilK
        Originally Posted by Tina Golden View Post

        When you're surfing the web, do you bookmark (or share, pin or tweet) "okay" content? In my experience, very few people do.
        If it is your money site, consider what you would do. As Gina says above when do you ever share 'okay' content. Personally if I am looking for content and it is just okay I may at best keep the tab open and at worse (and more likely) go look for better content.
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  • Profile picture of the author kochtgr
    Originally Posted by landonwiggs View Post

    How quality do articles really need to be in order to gain trust from website visitors? Obviously I don't want a 3rd grader writing articles for my site, but at what point do you look at an article and say "this is acceptable for my website" and just move on?

    I know we're supposed to offer content for users, not search engines, but if you have an OK article is it possible to still gain trust?
    A good article is one that gives value to the readers, it doesn't need to be an academic paper but when someone reads it he/she should feel that he/she has learnt something new, that's all what is needed
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    • Profile picture of the author Dinospider
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      Originally Posted by kochtgr View Post

      A good article is one that gives value to the readers, it doesn't need to be an academic paper but when someone reads it he/she should feel that he/she has learnt something new, that's all what is needed
      This ^^, literally summed it up there.
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  • Profile picture of the author landonwiggs
    thansk for all the replies, this is a no duh question..sometimes i just get discouraged and wonder.. thanks!! great answers
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  • Profile picture of the author kickmoney
    The simple sort of "test" that I use to determine the quality of my pages is this:

    Would I share this on FB?

    The closer to yes the better.
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